Why Were Dwarves so Powerful? (Why Their Rings Did Not Enslave Them Fully) Middle-earth Explained

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  • @nicodemusedwards6931
    @nicodemusedwards6931 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +62

    Sauron: Now it is time to take command of the Dwarven Kings!
    Ring: *Error*
    Sauron: … what do you mean, “error”?
    Ring: *Conflicting files, cannot dominate. Troubleshooting*
    Sauron: Hate when this happens, can you at least make them greedier?
    Ring: *Operation Complete*

  • @SifuOmega
    @SifuOmega 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +39

    Gimli was by far my favorite of the fellowship. In the books, the exchange between him and Eomer when they first met was epic. I wish the strength of the dwarves were showcased more in Peter Jackson's adaptations as I feel it was kind of stifled.

    • @BrianEthridge-wg6ko
      @BrianEthridge-wg6ko 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They were pretty badass to me and they knock the elves back a couple of pegs and the elves have been around for a long time They ought to have technology rivaling hours. I don't know I don't think they were done dirty but I haven't read the books so I only know what I've seen on the internet and the movies. I didn't really like the dwarves! They were just like Beaorn said the shift changer. They're greedy they don't care about anybody but themselves for the most part and not all of them are like that but as a whole. I hated Thoren and they're the ones that started the war between the elves and the dwarfs not the other way around. And they didn't have a ring to blame that on either. I inherently I guess just don't like greedy people. They are powerful they are great warriors and gimli show the best turnaround over any character in the whole legendary and as far as I'm concerned. And I hated him to begin with I mean absolutely hated him he seemed like a spoiled petulant child that didn't know the truth. Legolas is one of the best characters in the legendarium and my second favorite next to gandalf. And all gimmly could say was don't trust an elf blah blah blah like a pouting little child there's no way I would have let him go with the fellowship to begin with and that probably would have been a mistake on my part but the stupid stuff he was saying in rivendale just really angered me. Like I said it was his kind's fault that all this started. That being said I don't like King Thrandril. He in prisoned the company of thorn in oakenshield and didn't really have a reason in my mind except just a trap them. But I can see it as he he was ripped off by thorin and his family so I guess I can kind of see it now that I think about it.

    • @SifuOmega
      @SifuOmega 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @BrianEthridge-wg6ko if you only go on the very little information that was able to be put on a screen, I'm afraid you do yourself a injustice. The legendarium is so much more expanded than what is contained in The Hobbit or The Lord of The Rings for that matter. The dwarves have a way more storied history that I'm afraid no one will ever be able to put onto a movie screen. But do yourself a favor and go check out The Silmirillion. It will go into greater depth on who the dwarves are and where they came from and their complicated relationship with the elves. It is definitely worth the read .

  • @Johnaii_Steck
    @Johnaii_Steck 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +74

    Oh, it's simple, the power comes from their beards.

    • @alfieingrouille1528
      @alfieingrouille1528 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      🗿

    • @zawwin1846
      @zawwin1846 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      And their beautiful locks of hair. No male pattern baldness

    • @billmiller4972
      @billmiller4972 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Beards are genderneutral in Dwarves.
      Men and women have them.

    • @oxxnarrdflame8865
      @oxxnarrdflame8865 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ah, beards are powerful thus my disappointment with my scraggly gray one. 🙁

    • @BrianEthridge-wg6ko
      @BrianEthridge-wg6ko 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@zawwin1846or female pattern baldness either

  • @nancyhayes9958
    @nancyhayes9958 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    I enjoy your videos so much, and the dwarves’ creation is one of my favorite stories.
    I love how Iluvatar slapped Aule’s hand and granted his greatest wish at the same time. I also love that Iluvatar didn’t fix Aule’s design; Iluvatar accepted the dwarves just the way they are, imperfectly perfect.

    • @stimpsonjcat67
      @stimpsonjcat67 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yep.
      Management does sometimes see the wisdom in their worker's efforts.
      "I didn't think of that, good idea."

  • @Comicnut64
    @Comicnut64 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Merry Christmas Yoystan another excellent video. Also Let’s go DWARVES!!!

  • @susiederkins6612
    @susiederkins6612 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Because they receive a +2 bonus to constitution.

  • @ZemplinTemplar
    @ZemplinTemplar 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Bear in mind: Even if the Rings of Power or similar priceless items could tempt and somewhat corrupt the dwarves, the dwarves were impervious of being turned into something like the Ringwraiths. They were likely the only thinking species in Arda capable of this. A tough nut to crack for even someone as devious as Sauron. The dwarves are as strong as the very foundations of the earth, not only in physical resilience, but even in mental resilience. You could say Aule built them very well, with a bit of additional help at the end from Eru. Let's also not forget that Dáin, as the heir to the Lonely Mountain and its king (after Thorin Oakenshield's demise), calmly told off either a Ringwraith or another messenger of Mordor (as we learn in the chapter set at the Council of Elrond). That takes not only calm thinking and composure, but also some strength of character. Not only did the messenger leave empty-handed, he was even bested by the dwarven king in a conversation.

  • @trevorp8124
    @trevorp8124 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Short Kings, assemble

  • @kaidorade1317
    @kaidorade1317 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    Because dwarves sprout up from the ground and there are no dwarf women to distract them

    • @spyrofrost9158
      @spyrofrost9158 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Industry is my wife.
      Hard work, my bride!

    • @MetPhD
      @MetPhD 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      😂😂😂

  • @stimpsonjcat67
    @stimpsonjcat67 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Happy holidays, Yoystan!

  • @geviesanta3631
    @geviesanta3631 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Hey Yoystan, hope you are having a Merry Christmas. Great video as always

  • @wargamerwilly8756
    @wargamerwilly8756 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Fantastic video! Absolutely love the content you put out! Your hard work and time put in these video is very apparent! it's much appreciated ❤🎉

  • @animistchannel
    @animistchannel 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you so much for another year of great thoughts and considerations on life and middle-earth. Happy holidays!

  • @WhispyWoods.
    @WhispyWoods. 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video! I loved your sentiment at the end as I’ve always connected with stone and earth as an element.

  • @Surkk2960
    @Surkk2960 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Well, this made me understand why the victory cry in DRG is "Rock and Stone", because Dwarves are indeed rock and stone literally, figuratively, and mentally.

  • @Grunttamer
    @Grunttamer 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I haven’t watched yet but I think the reason lies in them being created differently than elves and men

  • @robfromjersey7899
    @robfromjersey7899 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Brothers of the mine rejoice!

  • @marionbaggins
    @marionbaggins 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Man, Dwarves most are naturally Jacked becuase they were made from Stone...You could say they were the original Rock!!!! *Trying not to Laugh at my own joke...* Good One Marion!!!
    Thanks Mellon a Great Video, with a Lovely Message Fitting for Christmas, Until about the Dark Elves..Marion Baggins Out, need a bit more Sleep I woke up half an a hour earlier then I should!!!

  • @Jayjay-qe6um
    @Jayjay-qe6um 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is why the Dwarves are so well like by fans.

  • @istari0
    @istari0 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The Rings of Power didn't have the effect on the Dwarves that Sauron wished for, the ability to dominate the Dwarves but they still brought disaster to the Dwarves. By inflaming their greed for jewels and precious metals, they ended up bringing Dragons down on them as well as the Balrog in Khazad-dûm.

  • @stonelink
    @stonelink 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I knew Dwarves are the best !

  • @TarMody
    @TarMody 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I want to approach this issue in a more metaphysical context: The souls of men want to become independent of Arda when the time comes due to the phenomenon of death. The Nine forces their souls to be dependent on their bodies, which are made of Arda's material, and this causes them to fade. (Hypothesis: "The factor that prevents the elves from fading (the rings of power) causes the humans to fade.") It is like an unnatural, artificial type of fading seen in elves.
    Since the body of the dwarves is a sub-creation of Aulë, it has a more integrated nature with Arda. For this reason, the soul that Eru gives to the dwarves tends to be attached to their bodies, and therefore to Arda, like the elves. This soul-body relationship underlies the fact that the Seven do not have the same effect on the dwarves as they do on humans. For this reason, the Seven do not fade the dwarves like humans and do not turn them into a ring-wraith being.

  • @rafaelfarias4359
    @rafaelfarias4359 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The Dwarves were not *told* to other Valar, but all of Aulë's craft were part of Eru design and he knew every crack in their craft. All things were done as instruments to his song and part of his design.

  • @Emanon...
    @Emanon... 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "Oops I did it again"
    - Aule
    At some point, it stops being incompetence or coincidence and has to be willful malevolence.

  • @Conmezzo
    @Conmezzo 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Aule did something Melkor didn't or couldn't do: create beings.

  • @shadowofchaos8932
    @shadowofchaos8932 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    If a First Age Dwarvish stronghold was still around, it would be more powerful than Rivendell.

  • @mathewfinch
    @mathewfinch 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I've always interpreted the power of the various rings as expanding what is already there in the wearer. The rings are able to worm their way into the minds of the wearer by preying on their anxieties. The elves' greatest anxiety was to preserve their magic, and the humans' greatest anxiety came from their fear of death. Dwarves were single mindedly focused on the acquisition of wealth. Hobbits made great ringbearers because they were generally content with the way things were.

  • @maxmercer1931
    @maxmercer1931 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Did the Dwarves develop internal combustion engines?

  • @brysonnguyen1483
    @brysonnguyen1483 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I would assume “Yoisten” is an alias how and why did you choose that

  • @yodaslovetoy
    @yodaslovetoy 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10 kilometer run every single day....
    And their beards...

    • @The_Bashar
      @The_Bashar 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      *SAITAMA*

    • @OrgusDin
      @OrgusDin 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      plenty of juice

  • @chrisdswanson
    @chrisdswanson 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One word: torque

  • @alanmike6883
    @alanmike6883 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Eru realized aule wasn't trying to to be selfish and that his intentions were honourable unlike melkor.
    A teacher wanting students

  • @ArkadiBolschek
    @ArkadiBolschek 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Did Aulë _really_ know that the Dwarves would have no free will of their own when he set out to make them? That's not what I read in the Silmarillion.

  • @GrimlyFiendish-d6z
    @GrimlyFiendish-d6z 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    They are Toydarians. Valar mind tricks don't work on them. Only gold.

  • @billmiller4972
    @billmiller4972 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In the end it will be the dwarves who rebuild Arda. And it will be beautiful beyond belief.

  • @martykitson3442
    @martykitson3442 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    🤠👍👍👍

  • @bernhardfrosdorfer9985
    @bernhardfrosdorfer9985 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Leads to the question: Why wasn't the one entrusted to a dwarf?

    • @Evoker23-lx8mb
      @Evoker23-lx8mb 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      A dwarfs would never have gone to destroy the ring, a dwarf would try to keep it (Gimli striking the ring with his axe is just a movie thing).

  • @camojoe83
    @camojoe83 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    They weren't any more or less "powerful" than any of the other races, just very different.

  • @ted1045
    @ted1045 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Because they were digging a hole.

  • @jeffreybeckham1130
    @jeffreybeckham1130 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Of course, they didn't work on the Elves *at all*

  • @jamesbodnarchuk3322
    @jamesbodnarchuk3322 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Simple

  • @mr.s2005
    @mr.s2005 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ha...not according to rings of power, since they only have interns writing for amazon.

  • @aaronbaron3155
    @aaronbaron3155 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Now make one about how the dwarves on RoP are blithering idiots😂😂😂😂😂

  • @ponedog
    @ponedog 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When I see dwarves I'm like "ugh, it's a MEG episode"

  • @maxmercer1931
    @maxmercer1931 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    How could the Dwarves create underground structures like Moria and Erebor without explosives?

    • @nancyhayes9958
      @nancyhayes9958 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Lots and lots of time.

    • @maxpower3990
      @maxpower3990 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Picks and hammers, shovels and carts.

    • @maxmercer1931
      @maxmercer1931 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @maxpower3990 and time dilation. Do you have any idea how long that would take? And the number of dwarve laborers? It's prohibitive

  • @HomerSimpson-gr1uj
    @HomerSimpson-gr1uj 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Simple. They weren’t quite alive. Not in the real sense.

  • @Peak_Aussieman
    @Peak_Aussieman 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Because they had good tax policy you guys nycuk nycuk nycuk. Quit trying to Martinise Tolkien with your relativistic squeed nerd.

  • @ValyrianPrince
    @ValyrianPrince 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Men of the Woke

  • @callumbush1
    @callumbush1 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Dwarves are easily corrupted through greed.

  • @Didymus20X6
    @Didymus20X6 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Because they have the power of HEAVY METAL! R O C K & S T O N E !! 🪨🪨🪨

    • @travisfinneran9792
      @travisfinneran9792 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Do I hear a rock and stone?

    • @Draven_Michael
      @Draven_Michael 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Rock and Stone!!

    • @Surkk2960
      @Surkk2960 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ROCK! AND! STONE!